In his Wall Street Journal op-ed on August 15, 2002, former National Security Advisor “Brent Scowcroft warns that in the event of an invasion [of Iraq], ‘Dire consequences would be the effect in the region.’ Among these would be ‘an explosion of outrage against us’ and a threat to ‘stability and security in a vital region of the world.’ ”
– Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 96